Students collect metal food trays used for the free nutritious meals programme on Feb. 18, 2025, at the SDN Banjarsari 5 state elementary school in Serang, Banten. - Antara via JP/ANN
JAKARTA: The government is working on a regulation that would synchronise various ministries’ authorities for the free nutritious meal programme to prevent overlapping duties for a more complete enactment of the initiative while also mitigating any impacts.
The plan was announced by Coordinating Food Minister Zulkifli Hasan during a press briefing at his office in Jakarta on Monday (March 3). The new regulation, either in the form of a presidential instruction (Inpres) or presidential regulation (Perpres), will define the responsibilities and roles of each institution to prevent uncertainty and overlap in the coordination because “the National Nutrition Agency [BGN] cannot work alone”, the senior minister said.
